THE8 March International Women's Day is celebrated. The testimony of these Women of Catholic Action accompanies us on our daily journey.
Saints and Blesseds of Catholic Action, pray for us!
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Gianna Beretta Spring
A pediatrician, she joined Catholic Action with a generous commitment to the apostolate among young people as an animator.
Beate:
Armida Barelli
She founded the Milanese Catholic Women's Youth, then the Catholic Action Women's Youth. In 1918. The eldest sister until 1946, she was appointed by Pius XII as general vice president of Italian Catholic Action.
Maria Felicia Guggiari Echeverria (Chiquitunga)
He joined Catholic Action at the age of 16 and became its leader, he lived therewith much enthusiasm the ideals of AC. Then she accepted the vocation of Carmelite nun,
Pina Suriano
In 1922 she joined the Women's Youth as a darling, then as an aspirant, then as an active member. In 1938 she was appointed delegate of the minor sections, for nine years, from 1939 to 1948, she was secretary, from 1945 to 1948 she was President of the Young Women.
Maria Colón Gullón Yturriaga and 2 Companions
Members of the Spanish Catholic Action Women's Youth, Red Cross volunteers, martyrs.
Maria Corsini
In 1920 Maria joined the Central Council of Women's Catholic Action and became an effective member of the Central Study Secretariat.
Antonia Messina
In 1929, she joined Catholic Action as a favourite, then from 1934 she is an active member and becomes a delegate of the favourites.
Maria Sagheddu
She joined Catholic Action, fully living the spirit of the trinomial that Armida Barelli proposed to the AC Women's Youth throughout Italy: Eucharist, apostolate, heroism.
Lucia Ripamonti
Strong in spirit, helped by the parish priest Don Luigi Piatti, she stands out for her piety and charity among the young women of Catholic Action, she is the animator of parties and games in the oratory. Then she becomes a nun in the Congregation of the Handmaids of Charity.
Pierina Morosini
Enrolled in the Women's Youth of Catholic Action since she was a darling, she became an aspirant and then a member.
Mary Bologna
He joined Catholic Action and participated in its apostolic activity.
Cecilia Eusepi
She joined the Catholic Action Women's Youth and gathered around her some girls from Nepi, to whom she taught catechism, then she joined the Mantellate of Pistoia.
Itala Mela
In 1923 she joined the FUCI. She thought about a Benedictine vocation, but had to renounce it because she was ill, and became an oblate of the same Order.
Bruna Pellesi
A beloved delegate, she developed her religious vocation within Catholic Action in the Congregation of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Christ.
Gaetana Ptolemy
Nuccia was part of Catholic Action. At the age of two, she was diagnosed with a malformation of the limbs with progressive paralysis. Raised as a Christian, she developed the awareness of her state as a sick person in a vision of faith.
